Stock · GIS · Consumer Defensive
United States · Large Cap · listed since 1983 · Revenue 12 mo. $18.3B
Price as of 11/06/2026
General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded consumer food in the United States and internationally.
General Mills, Inc. manufactures and markets branded consumer food in the United States and internationally. The company operates through four segments: North America Retail; International; North America Pet; and North America Foodservice. It offers snacks, including grain, fruit and savory snacks, nutrition bars, and frozen hot snacks; ready-to-eat cereal; convenient meals comprising meal kits, ethnic meals, pizza, soup, side dish mixes, frozen breakfast, and frozen entrees; wholesome natural pet food; refrigerated and frozen dough; baking mixes and ingredients; and ice cream products. The company also offers dog and cat food, such as dry food, wet food, fresh food, and treats. In addition, it operates 232 and franchises 376 ice cream parlors. The company markets its products under the Annie's, Betty Crocker, Bisquick, Blue Buffalo, Bugles, Cascadian Farm, Cheerios, Chex, Cinnamon Toast Crunch, Cocoa Puffs, Cookie Crisp, Dunkaroos, Edgard & Cooper, Fiber One, Fruit by the Foot, Fruit Gushers, Fruit Roll-Ups, Gardetto's, Gold Medal, Golden Grahams, Häagen-Dazs, Kitano, Kix, Lärabar, Latina, Lucky Charms, Nature Valley, Nudges, Oatmeal Crisp, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Progresso, Tastefuls, Tiki Pets, Total, Totino's, Trix, True Solutions, Wanchai Ferry, Wheaties, Wilderness, and Yoki brands. It sells its products to grocery stores, mass merchandisers, membership stores, natural food chains, drug, dollar and discount chains, e-commerce retailers, commercial and noncommercial foodservice distributors and operators, restaurants, convenience stores, and pet specialty stores. The company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Summary
35.9 of 100
Mean of the six area values. Each area value is the mean of the stock's ranks among the companies in its sector. 50 is the middle of the sector, not a share of companies beaten.
Analysis
What the price requires
If free cash flow stays at €1.5B (2026), it supports €16.2B. The remaining €597.1M of the market value assume it grows 0.5% a year for 10 years and not at all afterwards.
Required FCF growth per year
0.5%
no growth afterwards
Price to operating cash flow 9.2×, below its usual range.
Middle half of 20 quarters: 10.1× to 13.8×, median 12.0×.
Measures only against its own past, not against what the company is worth. Price as of 11/06/2026.
with respect to the priced-in expectation
with respect to the priced-in expectation
Since the last quarter
Q2 → Q3 2026
6 more unchanged: Revenue, 12 mo., FCF, 12 mo., Gross margin, FCF margin, Net debt, Shares outstanding
Derivation
Each area value is the average of its metrics' ranks within the sector (0 to 100, 50 is the middle). For metrics where lower is better, the rank is mirrored. The overall value is the average of the area values.
Price as of 11/06/2026.
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on equity | −1.19% | 12.35% | Rank 6 |
| Return on capital (Greenblatt) | 25.72% | 20.14% | Rank 60 |
| EBIT margin | 4.81% | 9.44% | Rank 27 |
| FCF margin | 8.83% | 6.71% | Rank 64 |
| Gross margin | 33.63% | 35.78% | Rank 44 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth, 1 year | −5.45% | 2.12% | Rank 12 |
| Earnings growth, 3 years per yeardoes not count towards the rank | – | 5.20% | |
| Earnings growth, 5 years per year | 2.79% | 6.07% | Rank 39 |
| Sustainable growth (ROE × retained earnings) | 2.93% | 3.77% | Rank 27 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earnings yield | −0.45% | 4.25% | Rank 4 |
| FCF yield | 8.68% | 5.05% | Rank 82 |
| EV/saleslower is better | 1.73 | 1.51 | Rank 42 |
| EV/EBITlower is better | 35.92 | 16.74 | Rank 5 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Share price, 1 year | −32.38% | 3.24% | Rank 4 |
| Share price, 6 months | 2.88% | 11.30% | Rank 27 |
| Share price, 3 months | 1.39% | 9.00% | Rank 21 |
| Distance from 52-week high | −27.55% | −7.96% | Rank 8 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accruals (Sloan)lower is better | −11.13% | −0.99% | Rank 97 |
| Change in share countlower is better | −1.79% | −0.62% | Rank 73 |
| Dividend streak in years | 20 | 5 | Rank 87 |
| Price reaction to results, market-adjusted | 2.08% | 0.22% | Rank 75 |
| Metric | Stock | Sector median | Position in sector |
|---|---|---|---|
| Equity ratio | 24.55% | 41.95% | Rank 20 |
| Net debt/EBITDAlower is better | 3.89 | 1.96 | Rank 7 |
| Debt to equitylower is better | 1.84 | 0.67 | Rank 19 |
| Volatility, 1 yearlower is better | 30.14% | 25.82% | Rank 25 |
Ten years in figures
| Year | Revenue, $B | EBIT margin | FCF, $B | Shares | Net debt, $B |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 15.6 | 16.0% | 1.7 | 598M | 8.7 |
| 2018 | 15.7 | 15.4% | 2.2 | 586M | 15.4 |
| 2019 | 16.9 | 14.9% | 2.3 | 605M | 14.0 |
| 2020 | 17.6 | 16.8% | 3.2 | 613M | 12.2 |
| 2021 | 18.1 | 17.4% | 2.5 | 619M | 11.5 |
| 2022 | 19.0 | 18.3% | 2.7 | 613M | 11.4 |
| 2023 | 20.1 | 17.1% | 2.1 | 601M | 11.5 |
| 2024 | 19.9 | 17.3% | 2.5 | 580M | 12.9 |
| 2025 | 19.5 | 17.0% | 2.3 | 558M | 14.9 |
| 2026 | 18.4 | 4.8% | 1.6 | 548M | 13.1 |
3 of 7 StockScorer Score rules met · How the score is built
General Mills Inc mainly meets criteria in the Valuation category. Result from 18 strategies checked.
General Mills Inc is rated here with the StockScorer Score strategy, the flagship rule set. It compares return and cash-flow metrics with the median of the company's own sector and checks growth and price trend.
3 of 7 rules met
6 of 11 points
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Selected fundamental metrics for General Mills Inc.
| Metric | Stock | Sector |
|---|---|---|
| P/E ratio | −199.6 | 22.8 |
| P/B ratio | 2.6 | 2.6 |
| Return on equity (ROE) | −1.2% | 12.3% |
| Equity ratio | 24.5% | 42.0% |
| Debt-to-equity (D/E) | 1.84 | 0.67 |
| Dividend yield | 6.9% | 2.6% |
How comparable stocks in the same sector score in the StockScorer model.
| Symbol | Company | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| GIS | General Mills Incthis page | |
| SJM | The J. M. Smucker Company | Low3.6 |
| MKC-V | McCormick & Company Incorporated | locked |
| HRL | Hormel Foods Corporation | Low0.0 |
| KHC | The Kraft Heinz Company | locked |
| ABF.L | Associated British Foods PLC | locked |
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